Wind-shield for automobiles.



J. N. HAUS. WIND SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED 0UT.18, 199.

Patented May 3, 1910.

UN'TTED sTATEs 'PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN N; HAUS, or NEwYo'nx, N. Y.

. WINn=sHIELD Fort- AUToMoB'ILEs..

L :seication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1910.

Application med otber 1e, 190e. serial No. 522,926;

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN N. HAUS, a citizen of the \United States, residing at the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and

.State of New York, have invented an Imupper part to fold down over the lower part.

The entire windshield hasalsp been hinged alonguts horizontal connection tothe dash-V or-coveringcase'of the engine.

board so as lto turn down upon the housing forms of wmd-shieldshave theirlspecial disi advantages.

The object out', my invention is to remove the windshield' entirely when not needed f and to so' place the salme as'inot to' overlie with and outside of and so prevent ready access thereto.

the housing -oreivering case of the engine In carryingout my invention, I enploy a wind-'shield of two parts divided centrally and-vertically and each part is pivoted to a .support bracket and on a, Avertical axis and isrnovable from a transverse position ab've the .dash-boarddn its\two parts to longitudinal positions parallel with eachV other' and the housing or covering case of the engine.` I n-both of: these positions side brace arms in airs assist in holding the twoparts of t e -wind-shield -upright; saidbrace arms being pivoted at thelr lower ends to the main frame of' the machine.

. and at their upper ends to the upper corners?l illustrating my improved `wind-shield 1n -v In the drawing,

of the shield parts. From th/ longitudinal position-ot` the shield prtsthey may be swun downward with the bending of the said' race arms until` the central edgeof each part comes into horizontal position near the main frame ofthe machine; the shield parts during this' movement still maintainvertical planes. f

Figure 1 is an elevation looking from theffront of t e machine and .position for use, `I FiA .'2 is' a side elevation showing one` half'o the wind shield as swung around the engine. These wind- All of these l and relation to the machine to a longitudinal osition on the axes thereof and`-with0ut lnterferin'g with the brace arms. Fig. 3 is an elevation Vof the device connectingeach member of 'the wind-shield at its lower corner .tothe corner of the dash-board. F ig.4

4 is an elevation at `the upper corner of the wind-shield showing .the connection. thereof 4to the brace arms and Fig. 5 is a sectional plan at the dotted line .'12, m, of Fig. 4.

a representsv the housing or covering case of the' engine. l1- the mainframe'of the 'machine and' b the Vdash-board. l,

. In the wind-shield c. d represent tl`1e `parts of glass. c1 d1 the metal frame parts in which the glass is set.

of tie wind-s ield and on which .they turn.

gJz, are theside brace arms in l.pairs with a hirlge joint or central pivot at g1.

eare sup orting brackets for the parts In the cross section Fig. 5 of themetal lframe parts cd1, 2- represents a, rubber packin orv gasket employed to surround the ed e o the' glass and the sides near the edge an to keep the same away from' actualcontact with the metal frame'part except for f the screws or bolts 3 which pass through the the rubber packing and the glass, and with this construction of frame, the juxtaposed edges of the glass parts-c d come linto substantial contact without the intervention of the frame parts obstructing the View.'

The support brackets e f are formed with socket ends whose axes are at right angles to one another. Oneof these socketends receives the-pin of a cli member z which is usually bolted to the end of 'the vertical. member of the metal frame parte c1 di; the ends of these pins being t readed and having nuts 5 screwing thereon and holdingl the support brackets to the clip vmembers and the trame parts to the supportbrackets. The up erY end of the vertical edge por tions ofjt e frameV parts c1 d1 are provided vith pivottpins 4 and end nuts, and sleeves surround ese pins and are also rovided. with pins to receive the upper en s of the side brace arms glzithe lower end of these brace arms beingconnected by pivot pins 7 to brackets ojsecured'to the main' frame a1.'

-I also providea clip-.8 along the main frame of the wind-shield .firem- ,its' transverse position' to receive the central eige when the same is tu n down into the dotcurved edges of the metal frame parts c1 di,

ash-board, and the other socket end receives a pin on the lowerroc ' bers of the shiel Asupportbrackets 4shown in Fig.

'other holding arms are bowed Fig. 2 to the ted position shown in Fig. 2, atwhich tin the wind-shield is out or the w'ay and the the dash-board adapted when the parts of the wind-shield are in alinement as shown in Fig. '1 to engage the pins or other projections thereon s0 as to hold the wind-shield in alinement and against pressure -while inV use and a hook l1 at the upper end.

From Figs. 1 and 2 it will be apparent that upon the release of the spring catch Z or device, the parts o dof the wind-shield with their metal ranie parts 01 d1 may/be turned from the transverse position Fig. 1 to the longitudinal position Fig. 2 on the vertical (pivot pinsof the end ineinin the socket parts of the e f and sleeves la without in any wise disturbing the side brace arms g h.4 After this movement the side brace and gradually swung on from the straight line position dotted line position Fig. 2, and with this movement each part of the windshield s carried downward on the pivotal connection of the socket ends of the support brackets e f with the clip members When these wind-shield parts assume the position 2 in dotted lines, the lower edge may enter and be held and confined -by the clip 8 or other equivalent structure in which thewind-shield parts will be out of the line of vision and b'low the level of the upper line of the dash-boai'd.aiid housing or covering case of the engine where they are out of the way while not in use. I do not herein limit myself to cise details for pivotally mounting the two wind-shield parts or to any spring-catch de,-

their hinges l n l .A A c vice for connecting the saine 1n their alined and transverse position of use.

/I claim as my invention:

Iprising two similar vertically divisible parts, side hinged brace arms, means for pivoting the saine at their lower ends to the main `frame of the machine, means for voting same at their upper ends to the en s of the windshield arts, means for pivotally connesting the parts to the dash-board, whereby .the windshield parts may be .swung from an 4aliiied transverse position of use to parallel positions of disuse and also with the unlcxing and bowing of the brace arms said parts may be swung downward at the sides of the machine. i l

2. A wind-shield for automobiles, comeaich part comprising a plate of glass and a metal frame, pivot pins at the res ective ends of the side members of the meta frame parts cli members secured to the dash-` boar an having pins, sup ort brackets having socket .ends receiving t e ins of the clip members andthe pins at theower ends of the 'upright parts of the metal-frame,

said sleeves and at their lower endsto the pins of brackets securedto the main frame, whereby the wind-shield parts may swing from transverse and vertical positions of alinement into (parallel vertical positions and then downwar out of the way'.

Signed by me this 11th d ay of October 1909; JOHN N. HAUS. Witnesses:

GEO. T. Prisonnier,

E. ,ZAoHAiiiAsism 41. A wind-shield for automobiles, 'eomprising two similar vertically divisible parts,

sleevesl with pivot pins at the u er ends of theside frame parts, side hinge race 'arms at their upper ends conne ted to the pins 'of ower ends of the windshield 

